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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Cirrhitidae (Hawkfishes)
Etymology: Cirrhitus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 23 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 30°N - 1°S, 120°W - 70°W

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to northern Colombia and the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 4.2 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Body moderately deep and compressed; dorsal fin with 10 thick spines and 11 to 12 soft rays (X,11-12); interspinal membranes with terminal cirri; pectoral fins wide, with 14 rays, the lower 7 thickened and unbranched, with notched membranes; body olive green to red, with 4 dark oblique bars with cobalt blue borders; head with similar dark bars (Ref. 55763).

Solitary, bottom-living in shallow waters (Ref. 28023). Lies very still on rock ledges and is well camouflaged against the rocks. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 37955). Considered a good food fish (Ref. 9289).

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Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1995. Cirrhitidae. Chinos, halcones. p. 1007-1010. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9289)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.6 - 29.1, mean 26.7 °C (based on 117 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00391 - 0.02230), b=3.09 (2.88 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Resilience

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 42.3 [28.7, 76.1] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.543 [0.336, 0.795] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.8 [18.9, 20.7] % ; Omega3 = 0.145 [0.109, 0.194] g/100g ; Selenium = 44.6 [27.3, 72.3] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 54.2 [22.7, 122.7] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.991 [0.738, 1.302] mg/100g (wet weight);

Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846